diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/ding/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/ding/default.nix
index a044eb1df920..46634e2698cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/ding/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/ding/default.nix
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
     sed -i "s@/usr/bin/fortune@fortune@g" ding
 
+    sed -i "s@/usr/bin/ding@$out/bin/ding@g" ding.desktop
+
     cp ding $out/bin/
     cp de-en.txt $out/share/dict/
     cp ding.1 $out/share/man/man1/